Emperor KangXi`s Ideas And Practices In The Scientific And Technologic Management

KangXi was a great emperor in the Qing Dynasty of China, and he was well known as one of the three great emperors of the world in the 17 century. The contributions of Emperor KangXi in the field of science and technology were striking. This article wants to study and evaluate his ideas and practices in the aspect of scientific and technology management. Just after KangXi climbed to the throne, there was a calendar contradict between the west and China. Despite Emperor KangXi was very young then, it needed him to judge which one to be adopted. This incidence leaded him into the field of science and technology. From then on, he studied the western science from missionaries, and gradually formed his own views on the west and the traditional science, including the western science were advanced than China. According to such ideas, Emperor KangXi began to manage the scientific pursuits in his empire, and take a lot of measures. He adopted the advanced western calendar instead of his tradition; His attitude to the missionaries was impartial; He organized the geodetic survey and mapping all over the country; He organized to compile many scientific and technologic. On one hand, these ideas and activities could promote the development of science and technology. On the other hand, owing to the limitations of the times and Emperor KangXi class status, it was not so satisfactory, and inevitably had many problem and defects, or even impaired the science pursuits. In brief Emperor KangXi could conform to the historical trend of the times, in the meantime; he could not overcome those limitations...